Kid Icarus: Modern Uprising
Episode 001: The Picky Dinner Guests
In the majestic and beautiful world known as Skyworld, the skies overhead are sunny and clear, hardly any clouds in the sky at all. And deep within Palutena's Temple, we find the goddess of light and her heaven famous angel Pit in the kitchen. Palutena was flipping through the pages of what appeared to be a heavenly yellow pages. Pit kept his eyes on her as she paced back and forth across the floor.
"Uhhh...pardon me Lady Palutena, but...WHAT are you doing?" Pit asked. Palutena scoffed.
"I'm trying to decide what to do for dinner tonight Pit. Did you forget that Viridi is coming to Skyworld for dinner with us tonight?" Palutena asked. Pit gasped.
"Wh-What? That's tonight? Then...what are you doing looking through the yellow pages? We should be preparing for Viridi's arrival!" Pit exclaimed. Palutena groaned.
"I know Pit! I know! But...Viridi's a hard palette to please. Each time she comes to join us for dinner in Skyworld, something ALWAYS goes wrong. Remember the last three times she was here?" Palutena asked. Pit groaned, remembering those times well as he thought back.
In the first flashback, we find Pit and Palutena sitting down at their table with a few Centurions around the table with Viridi between the two of them. Their food of the evening was grilled chicken, cooked to the best possible. Viridi takes one bite before her eyes bulge and she spits it out.
"YECH! I HATE grilled food! I thought you KNEW THAT!" Viridi exclaimed, looking angrily at Pit. Pit gulped, asking why she was yelling at him when Palutena was the one who cooked this time. But all he received was a sock in the eye from Viridi. The second time around, Viridi was seen trying to eat pizza with Pit and friends. But one look at the meat toppings had her disgusted.
"How can you EAT this stuff? I'm not eating something that was made from KILLING a creature of nature! How disgusting ARE you?" Viridi exclaimed, throwing the slice at Pit. Her third visit had her staring at a bowl of soup.
"Soup? REALLY?" Viridi asked. Pit and Palutena groaned heavily.
Returning to the present, Pit and Palutena both looked at each other and sighed. The goddess figured she should try and find someplace they could order out from, seeing Viridi didn't like home cooking.
"Why does Viridi have to be such a PEST when it comes to food? Man, she's finicky for a god. I mean, what can you give the goddess of nature that doesn't end with someone getting hurt or burned?" Pit asked. Suddenly, Palutena gasped, having an idea hit her.
"That's it! Pit? You gave me a WONDERFUL idea! It just might work!" Palutena shouted. Her exclamation surprised Pit slightly before he asked what it was.
"I can't believe I didn't think of it before. Let's prepare an all "vegan style" dinner! After all, she IS the goddess of nature!" Palutena chuckled with a smirk. But upon hearing the idea, Pit stuck his tongue out.
"Oh! Eww! Lady Palutena, you know how much I HATE eating that many vegetables! Can't we add a TINY bit of meat to the menu? For MY sake?" Pit asked. But Palutena was already set on the idea, calling for the centurions to begin collecting the finest vegetables from all over Skyworld. Pit sighed and looked away, very afraid of dinner tonight.
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Later that evening, as the centurions worked hard under the supervision and partial orders from their captain, Pit and Palutena were out by the entrance to Palutena's temple, awaiting the arrival for Viridi.
"So...how long has it been?" Pit asked. Palutena took a quick glance up at the sun above.
"I'd say its been an hour at least since Viridi said she'd be coming." Palutena said. Pit groaned, asking what could be keeping her. As he waited alongside her, he began tapping his foot impatiently. But just then, there was a fresh fragrance blowing nearby across the wind. The two quickly picked up on it.
"Well, speak of the devil, here she is now." Palutena said. Pit turned to see a swirling collection of autumn leaves blowing around, descending downward with Viridi and Dark Pit aboard. The young goddess smiled as she waved to the both of them.
"Hello there you two. Sorry I'm late. I couldn't decide WHAT to wear." Viridi said, sounding like teasing in her voice. Pit looked behind her and saw Dark Pit standing with arms crossed.
"Huh? Pittoo?" Pit asked. Palutena thanked Viridi for joining them this evening and welcomed her inside. But as Dark Pit passed by Pit, he grabbed hold of Pit's nose and twisted his hand. Pit yelped in pain.
"What did we discuss? NEVER call me that again." Dark Pit muttered. The angel groaned before following them inside. The four gathered together in the dining room, adorned with sparkling white floor tiles and large white columns, projecting a beautiful view of the rest of Skyworld. Pit and Palutena took their seats, across the table from Viridi and Dark Pit. The two angels sat directly across from each other, giving each other quiet but angry glares.
"So...who invited YOU?" Pit asked. Dark Pit huffed.
"Viridi made me come. If this dinner's a disaster, I have orders to take someone's head." Dark Pit sneered. Though Pit didn't show signs of fear, sweat raced down the back of his head.
"Geez. I sure hope he doesn't mean MINE." Pit thought. The four watched as plates magically poofed in front of the four of them. Palutena smiled, seeing a group of centurions flying in with trays floating close to them. Each was covered by a shiny plate cover.
"For dinner tonight, we felt we try something a little more...natural. Hope you enjoy it Viridi." Palutena said. One of the dishes was set down before them and the lid was removed to show a lush green salad in a beautiful porcelain dish.
"Hmm! This salad looks delicious." Viridi said. The next trays set down were revealed to be other vegetable and fruit themed creations. All of them pleased Viridi's eyes, especially a vegetable made "mini statue" of the goddess herself. One eye at the food, however, left Pit and Dark Pit disappointed.
"Ugh. We have to eat THIS? Hurl." Dark Pit thought. He looked across the table at Pit, seeing the same expression on his face.
"Well Viridi, shall we?" Palutena asked. Viridi smiled and picked up a salad thong. The girls started to pick their dish as the angels sat motionless.
"C-Come on Pit. This is for Lady Palutena's relation with Viridi. We don't want them fighting again. S-So...just stomach it!" Pit thought. He looked at the salad and figured he would start there. Soon, Dark Pit was beginning to move himself, picking from the salad as well. With vegetables close to them, the angels took a deep breath.
"H-Here goes..." they thought. They both took a bite at the same time, freezing up soon after. But the girls were enjoying themselves as Palutena enjoyed the smile on Viridi's face.
"Okay. O-One bite down..." Pit thought. As dinner went on, Viridi semed to be in very high spirits, sharing friendly gossip between the two of them. But as the girls continued to have fun, the angel twins seemed to be having trouble stomaching the food. It was about halfway through when Pit finally stopped trying and started to spit food from his mouth.
"EWW! Blech! How can something leafy and green taste so BLAND?" Pit shouted. The girls stopped and glanced at them.
"Excuse me? What was that Pit? I happen to like this meal." Viridi said. Dark Pit started spitting himself, wiping his mouth.
"HOW can you enjoy this stuff? It has, like, NO FLAVOR!" Dark Pit shouted. Palutena watched the boys turning away.
"Sorry Lady Palutena. I tried stomaching this stuff, but if I'd eat anymore, I would probably start being irritable. And I DON'T want to ruin your dinner. P-Please excuse me." Pit said, walking off. Dark Pit soon joined after. But before they were out of the room, Palutena lightly smiled and lightly waved her hand. Their wings suddenly glowed and began pulling them back.
"Wh-Wha...? HEY!" Pit exclaimed.
"This isn't fair! Let me go right NOW"! Dark Pit shouted, trying to fight against it. They were pulled back to their seats before their wings stopped.
"Now now you two. Viridi and I know very well that you're not fan of the leafies like us. So, with her permission, I had the centurions cook up something special for you." Palutena said. She snapped her fingers and another plate suddenly poofed inbetween them. To their pleasure, it was a personalized pizza with small meat toppings decorated to their faces.
"Wow! Thanks Lady Palutena!" Pit laughed.
"Yeah. You saved me from starvation after all." Dark Pit said. The two began eating again, glanced upon by the two goddesses before they looked to each other and smirked.
"I must say this must be the best dinner I've ever been to." Viridi said. She then glanced at the two, however, seeing them arguing over a big slice they both found.
"Now if only THEY can learn table manners." Viridi sighed. Palutena lightly chuckled.
~ END OF EPISODE 1 ~